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Windows: Bring Off-Screen Window Back onto Screen

If you are a windows user, for sure you would have encountered different errors. One of the most common errors is that the current window that you have has fallen completely off your screen. Though you could bring this back by right clicking the window on your taskbar and maximizing it, you would no longer be able to restore your window to where you could move it around with your mouse. If you have encountered this error, do not worry, there is a way to solve this issue. Through this article, we shall feature different ways you could do and follow for you to solve the mentioned issue and error.

First Resolution Method or Trick

For Windows 10 and 8

Right click the blank area of your Desktop
Select Display settings
Select Advanced display settings
Change your resolution to another value
Click Apply
Check if you could see the window on your screen
Change your resolution back to your previous value
Select ok

For Windows 7

Right click the blank area of your Desktop
Select screen resolution
Change your resolution to another value
Click apply
Check if you could now see your window on the screen
Change your resolution back to your previous value
Select ok

2^nd Resolution Method or Trick – Show Desktop Toggle

Hold down the Windows Key and the letter D.
Repeat the mentioned steps until you see your window reappears.
You could also right-click the blank area of the taskbar, then, select Show desktop and repeat.

3^rd Resolution Method or Trick

Select the program on the task bar
Hold the Window Key + Left Arrow or Right Arrow. Do this repeatedly until you see the window back

4^th Resolution Method or Trick

For Windows 10, 8, 7 and Vista

Hold Shift key while right clicking the program on the taskbar
Select move
(for Windows XP) – right click the program on the task bar and select move. You could also select Restore then select Move.
Using your mouse or arrow keys, move your window back to your screen.

5^th Resolution Method or Trick – Cascade Windows

Right click the blank area on your taskbar
Select Cascade windows

6^th Resolution Method or Trick – Maximize

There are times when an app gets stuck and you cannot redraw it onto the Window. You could solve this by:

Hold Shift + right click on the program icon on the taskbar
Select maximize

FAQ

How do I prevent application from starting off the screen every time I launch it?

This issue would be solved if you exit the application properly while it is on your screen. Once you exited properly the application, uninstall and reinstall it. If not, you could also try to right click the icon of the application. Then select properties. Go to the Shortcut tab and then change the run setting to maximized and click Ok and you are good to go.